Micromechanics

October 4-8, 2010, Freiburg Germany

Internal (micro-)structures that ultimately govern the mechanical properties of materials exist at various size scales. Scale transitions are essential in developing the desired structure-property relations and they thus form the core of micromechanics. The methods to achieve these transitions depend on the material and on the properties of interest. This symposium aims at bringing together different approaches to study the following issues:

  • multi-scale plasticity
  • fracture and damage
  • evolving microstructures
  • interfaces
  • structures and devices at the submicron and nano scale
  • cell and tissue mechanics (jointly with Symposium Biological and Soft Materials)

Sessions will be organized within each of the above themes where the latest theoretical/ computational developments will be discussed and confronted with recent experimental insights. Beside methods dedicated to a particular size scale, due attention will be given to techniques to merge or cross scales. Some sessions are planned jointly with the symposia Microstructure Modeling and  Mathematical Methods.

Organizers

Marc Geers
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
M.G.D.Geers(at)tue.nl
Phone +31 40 247 5076

Ju Li
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA
liju(at)seas.upenn.edu
Phone +1 215 898 1558

Erik Van der Giessen
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
E.van.der.Giessen(at)rug.nl
Phone +31 50 363 8046

Plenary Talk

Michael Ortiz, California Institute of Technology, USA

Invited Speakers

  • Wei Cai, Stanford University, USA
  • William Curtin, Brown University, Providence Rl, USA
  • Markus Hütter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Thomas Pardoen, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Sergio Turteltaub, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Contact

Please contact the following organizers if you have any questions

M.G.D.Geers(at)tue.nl
liju(at)seas.upenn.edu
E.van.der.Giessen(at)rug.nl